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Zazun

Zazna is a village in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Zazun
Zazun · Diego Delso
The place

Zazna is a village in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. The village produces several varieties of apples, including 'Delicious' and 'American'. Zazna lies between a village and a town, and is located on the Srinagar-Leh highway equidistant from Srinagar and Kangan, approximately 25 km from each. There is a fruit and vegetable Mandi in Zazna, where people from surrounding areas sell their fruits. The village also has a playground suitable for cricket, football, and volleyball. Agriculture is the main source of income. The majority of earnings come from apples and other fruits such as cherries, pears, and walnuts. One side of Zazna is bordered by high mountains, which serve as grasslands for cattle grazing.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Zazun

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Manasbal Lake

    Manasbal Lake is the deepest freshwater lake found in the Safapora area of Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Named after the sacred Manasarovar.

    2.4 km · lake in Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Khanpursar

    Khanpursar Lake is a shallow, non-mictic lake, near Ganderbal town in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It lies 24 km north-west of Srinagar city in the village of Khanpur on the right bank of the Jehlum River.

    2.9 km · lake in Jammu and Kashmir, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Central University of Kashmir

    Central University of Kashmir, formerly Central University of Jammu and Kashmir, is a central university in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It was established in March 2009 through an Act of Parliament, "The Central Universities Act, 2009," by the Government of India.

    3.6 km · University in India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Zazun

Airports
Srinagar (SXR), 28 km · Skardu (KDU), 146 km · Islamabad (ISB), 188 km
  • Amritsar → Zazun
    3569 km · quickest by air, 13h 21m · ₹43,260–66,970
  • Halwara → Zazun
    3670 km · quickest by air, 13h · ₹44,300–68,610
  • Chandigarh → Zazun
    3773 km · quickest by air, 13h 23m · ₹45,580–70,590
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Zazun. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Karimabad (Hunza)PK

    9 ways of moving, 35 sources

    234 km
  2. 02
    LehIN

    8 ways of moving, 25 sources

    267 km
  3. 03
    Tirthan ValleyIN

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    385 km
  4. 04
    KazaIN

    7 ways of moving, 18 sources

    386 km
  5. 05
    ChitkulIN

    7 ways of moving, 20 sources

    475 km

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Next door to Zazun

Zazun is 20 km from Srinagar, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.